Ethiopia is gearing up for the XXXVI IULTCS International Congress, taking place October 20-23, 2021 in Addis Ababa. Under the lead of Professor Dr. Mwinyikione Mwinyihija, naturally member of the scientific committee of this year´s congress in Germany, our colleagues at Addis Ababa based African Leather and Leather Products Institute starting to take up measures and preparations to organise and conduct the next global meeting of the leather and tanning industry and it´s sodality of scientists and researchers. With this Africa will host the Congress for the second time after 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa. For more information on the XXXVI IULTCS Congress 2021 and how to support, please visit: https://iultcsafrica2021.allpi.int